English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Hoober (Hill)

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Hoober(r) 1595,1619 PRGis

Etymology

, Hoober (r )1595, 1619 PRGis , v. hōh ' spur of land ' , beorg ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site